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Because of its size and range of latitude, topography, and climate, India is home to a great diversity of ecoregions, ranging from permanent ice and snow to tropical rainforests.

The Himalaya, which runs across India's northern tier, is the boundary between two of the earth's great ecozones — the Palearctic, which covers most of temperate-to-arctic Eurasia, and Indomalaya, which covers most of the Indian subcontinent and extends into Indochina, Sundaland (Malaysia and western Indonesia) and the Philippines.

Contents 1 List of ecoregions in India 2 Global 200 ecoregions in India 2.1 Terrestrial 2.2 Marine 3 External links

List of ecoregions in India

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Andaman Islands rain forests (India)
• Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests (India)
• Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma montane forests (India, Myanmar)
• Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests (India)
• Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal)
• Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests (India, Bangladesh)
• Malabar Coast moist forests (India)
• Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests (British Indian Ocean Territory, India, Maldives)
• Meghalaya subtropical forests (India)
• Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar)
• Nicobar Islands rain forests (India)
• North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests (India)
• North Western Ghats montane rain forests (India)
• Orissa semi-evergreen forests (India)
• South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests (India)
• South Western Ghats montane rain forests (India)
• Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests (Bangladesh, India)
• Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests (India)

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

• Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests (India)
• Chota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests (India)
• East Deccan dry evergreen forests (India)
• Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests (India)
• Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests (India)
• Northern dry deciduous forests (India)
• South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests (India)

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

• Himalayan subtropical pine forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan)
• Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests (India, Myanmar)

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

• Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal)
• Western Himalayan broadleaf forests (India, Nepal, Pakistan)

Temperate coniferous forests

• Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal)
• Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests (India, Nepal, Pakistan)

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands (Bhutan, India, Nepal)

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal)
• Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe (Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan)
• Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (China, India, Pakistan)
• Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (India, Nepal)

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh (India, Pakistan)

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Deccan thorn scrub forests (India)
• Indus Valley desert (India, Pakistan)
• Northwestern thorn scrub forests (India, Pakistan)
• Thar desert (India, Pakistan)

Mangrove

• Godavari-Krishna mangroves (India)
• Indus River Delta-Arabian Sea mangroves (Pakistan)
• Myanmar coast mangroves (India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand)
• Sundarbans mangroves (Bangladesh, India)

Global 200 ecoregions in India

Main article: Global 200

Terrestrial

• Southwestern Ghats moist forests (India)
• Eastern Deccan Plateau moist forests (India)
• Naga-Manipuri-Chin hills moist forests (India)
• Chhota-Nagpur dry forests (India)
• Himalayan subtropical pine forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan)
• Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests (India, Myanmar)
• Eastern Himalayan broadleaf and conifer forests (Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal)
• Western Himalayan temperate forests (Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan)
• Terai-Duar savannas and grasslands (Bhutan, India, Nepal)
• Rann of Kutch Flooded Grasslands (India, Pakistan)
• Tibetan Plateau steppe (Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan)
• Eastern Himalayan alpine meadows (Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal)
• Sundarbans mangroves (Bangladesh, India)

Marine

• Indus River Delta (India, Pakistan)
• Andaman Sea tropical coral (Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India), Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand)
• Maldives, Chagos, Lakshadweep Atolls tropical coral (Chagos Archipelago (United Kingdom), Lakshadweep (India), Maldives, Sri Lanka)

External links

• ECOZONES OF INDIA
• An article about India's biodiversity
• Seasons, Climate, Global Warming in India - Reference Links Students Project

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v • d • e Ecozones Afrotropic · Antarctic · Australasia · Indomalaya · Nearctic · Neotropic · Oceania · Palearctic

v • d • e Terrestrial biomes Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests · Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests · Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests · Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests · Temperate coniferous forests · Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub · Boreal forests/taiga · Mangrove · Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands · Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands · Flooded grasslands and savannas · Montane grasslands and shrublands · Deserts and xeric shrublands · Tundra

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